Illinois Cannabis Legalization Update

Illinois Cannabis Legalization Update

Illinois is one of the fastest moving cannabis legalization states in the country. So a lawyer from Peoria Illinois offers this video and blog post rundown. This post is going to cover its big three. Adult use, hemp & medical marijuana.

Illinois Cannabis Update – Medical Marijuana

Since it passage in 2015, Illinois has steadily grown its medical marijuana program. There are only 58,000 medical card holders in the state, but that number may soon explode because of…

Industrial Hemp in Illinois

Illinois’ Industrial Hemp Act goes into effect for the 2019 crop year. While the early adopters may reap some of the benefits, over the years hemp could become a common sight along corn and soybeans in the farmland of the state.

The regulations include the following rules:

No person may grow hemp without a license

No person may handle hemp without a license

All seeds, clones and transplants must be certified under AOSCA.

minimum space of one-quarter acre for outdoor and 500 sq.ft. for indoor growing

A completed application must be submitted to the state BEFORE growing

Recently, the state of Illinois also released its application requirements for hemp – they are as follows:

The name and address of the applicant

The type of business or organization, such as corporation, LLC,partnership, sole proprietor, etc.;

Business name and address, if different than the ones submitted inresponse to subsection (a)(1);

The legal description of the land area, including Global PositioningSystem coordinates, to be used to cultivate industrial hemp;

A map of the land area on which the applicant plans to grow industrialhemp, showing the boundaries and dimensions of the growing area inacres or square feet;

Documentation to prove the land area is a farm as defined in Section 1-60of the Property Tax Code; and